CVE-2025-5187

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.57% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.7mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.5

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USCWE-863USCWE-863US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Open Source Kubernetes apiserver <v1.31.12all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes apiserver <v1.32.8all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes apiserver <v1.33.4all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes≤ apiserver <v1.31.12cert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes≤ apiserver <v1.32.8cert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes≤ apiserver <v1.33.4cert_bundDE
Kubernetes Kubernetes≤ v1.31.0 ≤v1.31.11enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes Kubernetes≤ v1.32.0 ≤v1.32.7enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes Kubernetes≤ v1.33.0 ≤v1.33.3enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Kubernetes≤ 1.31.11fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.32 → 1.32.7fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.33 → 1.33.3fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» АЛЬТ СП 10all versionsfstec_bduRU
Go k8s.io/kubernetes< 1.31.12osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes
Go k8s.io/kubernetes1.32.0-alpha.0 → 1.32.8osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes
Go k8s.io/kubernetes1.33.0-alpha.0 → 1.33.4osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1831Kubernetes: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2025-08-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Kubernetes ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppcKubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference2025-08-27ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection.
GO-2025-3915Kubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference in k8s.io/kubernetes2025-09-18vendor · osvUS
Kubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference in k8s.io/kubernetes

also known as (6)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-08-27modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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